SAFAG hosted several senior members of the EA, WCC and the RFCC on the 20th July to update them on SAFAG’s progress to date and to discuss potential further funding opportunities. Further funding would allow hundreds of flood reduction interventions to be installed on the other side of the catchment. The 6 visitors
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Environment Agency Visit SAFAG
In late June, 11 members of the Environment Agency, including senior directors and managers, mainly from London visited Shipston-on-Stour and toured the extensive River Stour catchment where flood intervention measures have been installed during 2017 – 2018. They were invited by members of the Shipston Area Flood Action Group (SAFAG)
SAFAG Attends 10th Annual Shipston Wool Fair
Our members ‘ran’ a stall at the famous Shipston Wool Fair on Bank Holiday Monday, which celebrated it’s10th anniversary this year. The purpose of SAFAG members attending the Wool Fair was to offer support or advice to anyone in the local community who is concerned about flooding and to update everyone about the
Shipston And Stratford Awards Presented
Published 3rd May 2018. Please CLICK HERE or on the image below to read this article.
Group Woody Dam Day
Several members of the group and volunteers spent the day improving and building new woody dams on one of the Kneebrook watercourses in the Stretton on Fosse area. These will help attenuate (hold back) and ‘slow the flow’ to downstream areas. Unfortunately the weather was not good and the underfoot conditions were